The 30th London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2009, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 18 February 2010.
Winners and nominees
Film of the Year
A Prophet
- Avatar
- The Hurt Locker
- Up in the Air
- The White Ribbon
British Film of the Year
Fish Tank
- Bright Star
- An Education
- In the Loop
- Moon
Foreign Language Film of the Year
Let the Right One In • Sweden
- The Class • France
- Katyń • Poland
- A Prophet • France
- The White Ribbon • Austria
Director of the Year
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
- Jacques Audiard - A Prophet
- James Cameron - Avatar
- Michael Haneke - The White Ribbon
- Jason Reitman - Up in the Air
British Director of the Year
Andrea Arnold - Fish Tank
- Armando Iannucci - In the Loop
- Duncan Jones - Moon
- Kevin Macdonald - State of Play
- Sam Taylor Wood - Nowhere Boy
Screenwriter of the Year
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche - In the Loop
- Nick Hornby - An Education
- Jacques Audiard - A Prophet
- Joel Coen & Ethan Coen - A Serious Man
- Michael Haneke - The White Ribbon
Breakthrough British Filmmaker
Duncan Jones - Moon
- Daniel Barber - Harry Brown
- Armando Iannucci - In the Loop
- Peter Strickland - Katalin Varga
- Sam Taylor Wood - Nowhere Boy
Actor of the Year
Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds
- Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
- George Clooney - Up in the Air
- Tahar Rahim - A Prophet
- Michael Stuhlbarg - A Serious Man
Actress of the Year
Mo'Nique - Precious
- Abbie Cornish - Bright Star
- Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air
- Carey Mulligan - An Education
- Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia
British Actor of the Year
Colin Firth - A Single Man
- Peter Capaldi - In the Loop
- Tom Hardy - Bronson
- Christian McKay - Me and Orson Welles
- Andy Serkis - Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
British Actress of the Year
Carey Mulligan - An Education
- Emily Blunt - The Young Victoria
- Katie Jarvis - Fish Tank
- Helen Mirren - The Last Station
- Kristin Scott Thomas - Nowhere Boy
British Supporting Actor of the Year
Michael Fassbender - Fish Tank
- John Hurt - 44 Inch Chest
- Jason Isaacs - Good
- Alfred Molina - An Education
- Timothy Spall - The Damned United
British Supporting Actress of the Year
Anne-Marie Duff - Nowhere Boy
- Emily Blunt - Sunshine Cleaning
- Rosamund Pike - An Education
- Kierston Wareing - Fish Tank
- Olivia Williams - An Education
Young British Performer of the Year
Katie Jarvis - Fish Tank
- Aaron Johnson - Nowhere Boy and Dummy
- Bill Milner - Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll and Is Anybody There?
- George MacKay - The Boys Are Back
- Saoirse Ronan - The Lovely Bones
30th Year Anniversary Award (Best of the winners since 1980)
- Apocalypse Now
- Schindler's List
- The Lives of Others
- Unforgiven
- Brokeback Mountain
- Cinema Paradiso
- L.A. Confidential
- Fargo
- Distant Voices, Still Lives
- The King of Comedy
Dilys Powell Award
- Quentin Tarantino
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